Tougher penalties may be on the way for people stupid enough to commit a crime and post a video of it on YouTube.
The engineers at Google Book Search are creating some interesting search results by combining maps with relevant data.
BrandChannel has the top five brands broken down by global, North American and European. Google is the number one global brand. The other four in each of these areas might surprise you.
Amazon is launching Amapedia, a wiki companion to their online catalog of Amazon offerings. User reviews next to product knowledge is a good thing.
Twentieth Century Fox convinced a judge to demand the name of a user on YouTube. The user posted one or more episodes of 24 on YouTube. Look for privacy issues to get press? over this one.
Jim Gray the award winning Microsoft researcher? has still not been found since leaving San Francisco by sailboat, the Coast Guard has called off their search but friends, family and over 12,000 volunteers assisted in reviewing satellite imagery.
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Additional Links to Resources
Can’t Fix Stupid, But Congress Will Try
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20070126CantFixStupidButCongressWillTry.html
Google Book Search, Google Maps Team Up
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20070126GoogleBookSearchGoogleMapsTeamUp.html
Wikipedia, YouTube Become Top Brands
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20070126WikipediaYouTubeBecomeTopBrands.html
Amazon Launches Amapedia
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20070126AmazonLaunchesAmapedia.html
Fox Presses YouTube To Reveal Pirate
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20070125FoxPressesYouTubeToRevealPirate.html
Search For Microsoft’s Jim Gray Moves To Mexico
http://www.nbc11.com/news/10957185/detail.html